Fate of Obama's $3.7 Billion Funding Request Could Hinge on GOP Push for a Change in 2008 Law

The fate of the Obama administration's plan to deal with a surge of migrant children and families crossing the southern U.S. border is expected to hinge on the Senate, where majority Democrats are divided about giving immigration officials more power to quickly return the children to their home countries.

The White House has requested $3.7 billion in emergency funding to address the crisis. But House Republican leaders want to tie any funding to a change in a 2008 law that requires children crossing the U.S. border alone...